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DEAR PROFESSOR EINSTEIN A FEW WEEKS AGO IN THE HOKKAIDO AREA OF JAPAN THERE WAS A VOLCANIC ERUPTION GEOLOGISTS FROM THE HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY WENT TO INVESTIGATE AND EXAMINE THE VOLCANIC CONTENT THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE FOUND U235 THE AREA FROM REPORTS RECEIVED WAS DECLARED IMPORTANT FROM THE SCIENTIFIC VIEWPOINT WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO SEE AND SECURE A SAMPLE OF THE VOLCANIC CONTENT WE CAN DO THAT UNDER AUTHORIZARTTION FROM THE EMERGENCY COMMITTEE OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS WHICH WE ASSUME YOU PROFESSOR CARRIES PLENTY OF AUTHORITY HERE A LETTER WITH YOUR SIGNATURE AUTHORIZING WE DO THAT TYPE OF WORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE UNITED STA TES GOVERNMENT WILL CARRY DESIGNATED AUTHORITY PLEASE ADVISE YOUR FRIEND LOUIS LEVINE 6 APRIL 1947